ICI Homes Collects More Than 420 Pounds of Snacks, Toiletries, Comfort Items to Send to Soldiers Serving in Iraq, Afghanistan

ICI Homes Collects More Than 420 Pounds of Snacks, Toiletries, Comfort Items to Send to Soldiers Serving in Iraq, Afghanistan

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - ICI Homes recently collected more than 420 pounds of snacks, toiletries and comfort items to ship to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes in Daytona Beach, said employees and administrators at ICI Homes personally collected the items for distribution to units overseas.

“Each year we collect goodies to send to our troops,” said Messina. “They seem like small luxuries to us here in Florida, but over there such small necessities as gum and candy, shaving supplies, and comfort items mean a lot,” she said.

One of the military contacts on this project -- an Army Mental Health Officer out of Camp Blanding in Starke --- regularly talks to soldiers on active duty when they're downhearted or sad. "She then gives them one of our goodie-packed shoeboxes," Messina said.

"This helps cheer up everybody and makes time go by a little easier. But we love what we do," the Army spokesperson said.

For more information, please contact:
Lisa A. Egle, Marketing Manager ICI Homes-Daytona Beach, 386-236-4273
Rosemary Messina, VP Sales & Marketing ICI Homes, 386-236-4231
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142

About ICI Homes:
ICI homes, ranks among the top 100 Builders by Builder magazine and is one of the largest privately owned homebuilder in the US. The 30-year-old firm builds new homes and resort facilities in the Volusia-Flagler region as well as Northeast Florida, Orlando and Tampa.